Will Yemen’s journalists fare better in 2016?

Ashraf al-Falahi

Jan 5, 2016

Relatives of journalist Abdul Kareem al-Khaiwani attend his funeral procession in Sanaa March 24, 2015. Assailants on a motorbike last week shot dead al-Khaiwani, one of Yemen's top journalists who is also an activist close to the country's dominant Houthi group, police sources said. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah - RTR4UO9O — Relatives of journalist Abdul Kareem al-Khaiwani attend his funeral procession in Sanaa, March 24, 2015. Khaiwani was shot dead by assailants on a motorbike last week. He was one of Yemen's top journalists, close to the country's dominant Houthi group, police sources said. — REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

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SANAA, Yemen — Houthis in Yemen have been detaining, kidnapping and even using journalists as “human shields” in military barracks targeted by the air force of the Saudi-led Arab coalition.

The year 2015 dealt a major blow to press freedoms in Yemen amid growing concerns over the fate of at least 13 journalists who continue to be held by rebels with no news about their situation for a month.